Evaluation of tRNA gene PCR for identification of mollicutes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4558-4566

  Stakenborg, Tim ^a   Vicca, Jo ^b   Verhelst, Rita ^c   Butaye, Patrick ^a   Maes, Dominiek ^b   Naessens, Anne ^d   Claeys, Geert ^c   De Ganck, Catharine ^c   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^b   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^c  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; TRANSFER RNA;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLLICUTES; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; UREAPLASMA;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIRDS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, TRANSFER; UREAPLASMA;

ACHOLEPLASMA; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; UREAPLASMA;

EID: 24744462083     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4558-4566.2005     Document Type: Article

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